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Cacao Agroforestry: Leveraging the legacy of ancestral generations to protect future generations

Caño Negro, Costa Rica
August 22, 2016 by Jorge Calderón

Throughout centuries the fruits of the cacao tree have played a fundamental role in the cosmology of indigenous American peoples as source of food and family livelihoods (Durant-Forest, 1967). For a long period of time, the cacao seeds have been considered as a possible means to improve the quality of life of small-scale farmers who dedicate themselves to the conservation and production of cacao.

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August 22, 2016 /Jorge Calderón
ambassador, organic, Costa Rica

The real taste of pineapples

Caño Negro, Costa Rica
April 05, 2016 by Noémie Graas

In early 2016, the Ambassador Program of the World Food System Center gave me the great opportunity to work on a young project that aims to support the indigenous Maleku people in northern Costa Rica with the establishment of their own sustainable species-rich cocoa agroforest.

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April 05, 2016 /Noémie Graas
organic, ambassador, Costa Rica

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